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    • I Personal Information  
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    • II Academic qualifications  

    • Please list all your academic qualifications chronologically: Start with the highest degree (which qualifies you for doctoral studies), and end with your university entrance qualification.

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    • Please upload the certificates and transcripts of all your academic qualifications in a single PDF file. Sort the documents in the same order you have entered them above (starting with the highest degree).

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    • III Master's Thesis  

    • Please provide the following details about your master’s thesis (if you have written several theses, please refer to the last one you wrote).

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    • IV Work Experience  

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    • V English Language Proficiency  

    • The DLGS recognizes English as the official language of instruction in the countries listed above. Only applicants with academic qualifications from these countries are exempt from the English language proficiency requirement.

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    • List any formal English language qualifications with results obtained (IELTS, TOEFL) and the dates you took the test, or will be taking the test (before end of the year of application).

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    • Please, merge all relevant documents into a single PDF file (sorted in the order of qualifications above). See FAQs for details how to create a single PDF.

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    • VIII Letter of Motivation  

    • Please upload a letter of motivation as a PDF file, describing your background, motivation, and objectives as well as any other detail you consider relevant for you application to the DLGS.

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    • IX References  

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